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International Tables for Crystallography - Available in Print and Online

International Tables for Crystallography is the definitive resource and reference work for crystallography and structural science.

The online version of International Tables for Crystallography provides access to the content of the full set of all eight volumes in the series in pdf and richly linked html format. Together the online volumes comprise the equivalent of nearly 6000 pages of content, including 1100 tables of symmetry-group data for crystal-structure analysis. In addition to the full text of the series, the online site, designed by the International Union of Crystallography, supports many innovative features and additional resources. Users can navigate within and across the volumes to view a full chapter, a section or sub-section, or a single figure or table

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